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Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for August 2008
By Joe Hilton of the Free Library of
Philadelphia
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Squirrel’s World
by Lisa Moser (Easy Reader)
Follow the adventures of Squirrel with his three best friends, Mouse, Turtle, and Rabbit that live and play in the forest. Squirrel loves to help out, sometimes that is good and not so good. Grades 1-3 |
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Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish (Easy Reader)
Amelia tries to help out the local baseball team when one of their players is out sick. Amelia has trouble understanding the baseball terms and gets all mixed up. Grades1-3
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My Dad's a Birdman
by David Almond
After Lizzie s mother passes away her father begin to act in a weird way. As part of his training for the Great Human Bird Competition he starts eating insects and tries to grow wings to increase his chance of winning. Grades 3-5 |
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Airman
by Eoin Colfer
Born in a hot-air balloon above the Paris World's Fair in 1878, 14-year-old Conor Broekhart is born to fly. Falsely accused of being a traitor and sent to prison, Conor must plan his escape if he is to survive and then stop the people who are trying to overthrow his king. Grades 6-8 |
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Jeremy Cabbage and the Living Museum of Human Oddballs and Quadruped Delights
by David Elliott
11-year-old Jeremy Cabbage is stuck in the Harpwitch's Home for Mean Dogs, Ugly Cats, and Stray Children hoping to be adopted. When Bo and Ba a circus family of cloons adopt Jeremy there is in big trouble for all. Humans are not to live with the outcast cloons. Grades 4-7 |
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Bronte's Book Club
by Kristiana Gregory
Bronte, 12, has just moved from New Mexico to a small town in California and is lonely. To make new friends she starts a book club, but the girls who join are not interested in talking about books. Why is this happening? Grades 4-6 |
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Skylar
by Mary Cuffe-Perez
Skylar was once a wild goose who now lives in a pond with four other geese. When a lost heron ask for their help in reaching the migration gathering, Skylar is uncertain that he can remember how to make the long and dangerous journey. Grades 3-5 |
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Treasure Island
by Robert Lewis Stevenson (Classic Audio Book)
Join Long John Silver and his band of pirates as they search for buried treasure. Meet Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones, and Ben Gunn as they travel the high seas to a far away island for silver and gold. Grades 5-8 |
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